Judge Sticks With Etna

Afton, Wy – A Lincoln County judge has upheld a decisionby the Star Valley school board to locate a new elementary schoolin Etna. A group of parents and citizens in Alpine who believe the newschool should be built in Alpine had asked District Judge JohnBrooks to review the board's decision. But Brooks ruled that theboard relied on "substantial evidence" to locate the school inEtna. The Lincoln County School District two board picked Etna, sayingit is geographically centrally located and a school site theremakes the most sense. But members of a group called the Friends of the Alpine Schoolargued that Alpine is growing faster and charged some board memberspicked Etna because racial reasons. The Alpine group can appeal the decision to the state SupremeCourt.